Metal-Free Materials for Catalysis

用于催化的无金属材料

• 批准号: CRC-2016-00050
• 负责人: Caputo, Christopher
• 金额: $ 8.74万
• 依托单位: York University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=693221
• 关键词: Metal; Free; Materials; Catalysis

Many chemical reactions to generate desirable products or energy are not favourable under ambient conditions. To overcome this, catalysts are routinely utilized to lower the activation barrier of these reactions, thereby allowing them to readily proceed. However, many catalysts are derived from precious and expensive transition metals. Dr. Caputos research targets new, low cost materials derived from readily available main-group elements to develop homogeneous and heterogeneous Lewis acidic materials to replace traditional catalysts.

许多产生理想产物或能量的化学反应在环境条件下是不利的。为了克服这个问题，通常使用催化剂来降低这些反应的激活势垒，从而使它们容易进行。然而，许多催化剂是从贵重和昂贵的过渡金属中提取的。卡普托斯博士的研究目标是从现成的主族元素中提取新的低成本材料，以开发均相和非均相刘易斯酸材料来取代传统的催化剂。